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Canoe Intelligence Expands into EMEA with Alternative Investment Solutions
New York-based Canoe Intelligence has fulfilled its ambition to expand into EMEA with an office in London and the appointment of Toby Bailey as vice president of sales in the region. The data ops vendor that uses AI to automate the digitisation of unstructured PDF reporting documents and provide actional data for institutional investors, allocators…
Quantexa Innovates AML Monitoring with Contextual Decision Intelligence
Quantexa, a London-based data and analytics company, is innovating Anti-Money Laundering (AML) monitoring and investigation with the use of contextual decision intelligence (CDI), a means of enriching internal data with external data and building networks of relationships to create a contextual view of a customer. The company says complex financial crime in capital markets, including…
Post-Brexit UK Sanctions Regime Adds Complexity as Firms Wrestle with Global Compliance
The post-Brexit UK sanctions regime has added complexity to firms’ efforts to comply with international sanctions regimes, in some cases changing their appetite for risk, according to a recent A-Team webinar on the topic. And although much of the UK regime has been transposed from EU regulation, small but significant changes are adding to the…
Brian Sentance Named Head of EMEA at Data Quality Management Platform Provider Datasynthesis
Brian Sentance, former CEO of Xenomorph, is back in the data management business as head of EMEA for Datasynthesis, provider of a cloud-native data quality management platform that synchronises data governance, integration and quality to transform data policy into data operations. Sentance joins the New-York based leadership team of Datasynthesis, CEO Christian Robertson, and chief…
Element22 Teams with DLT Provider Agility Sciences for Real-Time ESG Data
Timed to coincide with the March 10 initial implementation of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), data consultancy Element22 and distributed ledger developer Agility Sciences have teamed up to launch ESGi, which aims to offer buy-side firms access to ESG data in real time. ESGi has been designed to address issues relating to ESG…
ESGi – an Element22 and Agility Sciences Solution – Offers Buy-Side Firms Trusted ESG Data Updated in Real Time
Data consultancy Element22 and distributed ledger developer Agility Sciences have released ESGi, an innovative solution designed to solve problems of ESG data, such as time lags and accuracy, and provide buy-side firms with trusted data in real time. The release coincides with the first deadline of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which comes…
FundGuard Plans Product Development to Drive Transparency in Fund Administration
New York-based FundGuard, a pioneer of AI in investment management and asset services, has completed a $12 million Series A funding round. The company will use the funding for product development to meet increased regulatory demands for transparency and resilience in the fund administration segment. The company works with several of the world’s largest fund…
RIMES Offers Insight into Benchmarks and Indexes with Index Identifier Service
RIMES has responded to customer requests for a simplified process to gain insight into benchmarks and indexes with RIMES Technologies Index Identifier (RTID). The service is designed to address issues around identifying and tracking the huge variety of identifiers used by index providers and front-office information platforms such as Bloomberg Tickers and Reuters RICs. RTID…
UK Sanctions Regime Increases Complexity and Cost of Compliance
The post-Brexit UK sanctions regime has added complexity to compliance, changes in financial institutions’ appetite for risk, and increased costs for multinational firms that must comply with both EU and UK sanctions regulation. These issues and more will be addressed at next week’s A-Team Group webinar on The post-Brexit UK sanctions regime – how to…
Kingland Plans Geographic, Product and Team Growth Following Private Equity Investment
Kingland Systems is planning to extend its geographic reach, expand use cases of its cloud-based data management, automation and discovery platform, and grow its team following a minority investment in the company by private equity investment firm Abry Partners. While maintaining its focus on capital markets, Kingland also plans to move into additional market sectors….